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I'm seriously addicted and I cannot stop. I may be in even more trouble after trying your matsumoto's... I love heavy heads with a soft feel...

I just want to know how easy it is to hit, as Mizuno claims...

Man you are temping a lot of people, myself included... you know I'm all about feel and forgiveness!

Who's got 002? Do you still have it Chris or any of the other gauge or g-field protos?

Very very nice grips... I have two sets here... can't decide which to use!

Actually they were hit indoors and out. I was able to hit Durham Driving range during two warm days a few weeks ago. Though the ground was not in prime condition. Will continue to test... First initial test was just feel and finish...

As posted on Inpakuto.com: Well I got the 52/58 set if Epon Model X finished in the beautiful NiCr20 back in December from Tourspecgolf.com. They were very limited and works of art and at first I did not think I would ever play them. Jeff over at Forthegolfer.ca shafted them up with very smooth Nippon NSPro 1050GH shafts and adjusted them to match my lie specs. The sat in my home office for about 2 months before I decided it would be a waste to let these babies sit. People on the forum were raving about how great they were so I decided that I would hit them afterall. (pictured up top are 52/6 and 58/10 with my new Scratch PW... these will be the wedges in my bag this year!) A couple of months have passed and with a few warm days here and there I've been able to hit about 100 balls with each wedge and what can I say, feel is amazing and the finish!!! NiCr20 is very durable. The wedges, cleaned after each use still look like new! Absolutely beautiful and easy to hit. What more can you ask for?? I'm thinking if the Inpakuto putter day goes well, it may be time for an Inpakuto wedge day. There are just way too many good wedges out there, from Epon, Fourteen, Gold's, Tourstage, Yururi and many many more. Putters and wedges, hey, short game is everything right? Read on to see what awesome shape the wedges are still in after 100 balls each! Beautiful wedge design, simple clean looks and attention to detail and what a finish. Nice sharp grooves look as good as new even after 100 balls each!! I will report back when I hit 10,000 like idrive did! ^^

I didn't grab May's Golf Classic!!! Only got Golf Gear, Golf Digest and Waggle for May! Let me see if I can get it.... Though I think one of the three did do a feature on new balls.

Hehe I didn't mean to say Matsumoto was obscure... what I meant was it wasn't quite as mainstream as some of the bigger brands. Yes anserfreak was the king of golf blogging in Japan but I think it was Chris who told me he got a job and really cut back on blogging. Grindstudio looks amazing... I think I will check it out a bit more... Look at the process on this page: http://www.grindstudio.com/grind_operation/index.html and some of the wedges here: http://www.grindstudio.com/art_of_grinding/index.html

With help from TSG, I'll be holding a putter demo/shootout day at an Indoor golf center here in Toronto next Saturday. Six testers of all golfing levels (scratch golfer to 20 handicap) will do the rounds with all putters on hand to give feedback and choose their gamer. Interestingly, the scratch golfer is a 14 year old girl who just shot a 2 under par 72 at one of Canada's toughest courses (she's off at the beginning of May to St. Andrews Scotland!) and I'm not saying the 20 handicap is me.... but it might be. We'll have a certified clubfitter too as one of the testers. Should be lots of fun. There will be pictures and reports on Inpakuto.com and here at TSG next weekend. Putters in play... (not finalized yet) G-Field Premium Zone #0 G-Field Premium Zone #1 G-Field Premium Zone #2 G-Field Premium Zone M2 Plus G-Field Leap-M Gauge Design The One Gauge Design Tera Gauge Design Tubu Zomo Z:Zero Gold's Factory M402 Prototype Yururi Prototype Bridgestone PX-2 Hiro Matsumoto (To be decided) Hiro Matsumoto (To be decided) Honma (To be decided) Mizuno Bettinardi C-02 Taylormade Japan RSI Daytona

Good feedback. It's consistent with the tests most Japanese magazines have conducted. Carry with the best of them but quite a bit more roll and very very smooth.

yourpressed, any feedback on how it played? Did the BA not fit your swing? As Chris mentioned the shaft actually does require tipping to a certain degree to achieve proper CPM. If he didn't tip it, it's possible it's way too soft for you.

Hope you have a good one and may your drives go longer and be more accurate than ever this year!!

Interesting, that's the first one I've seen where the logos are on the silver side and the colored side is blank. With all the shafts TSG received, they are all logo on the color side and either blank white or silver as is shown on the Roddio site. I know that Roddio can do custom jobs but I didn't think any direct retail ones would be like that.

This news just in from Tourspecgolfer! Chris has found out through Bridgestone/Tourstage that a new X-Drive GR Driver will be released in June followed by X-Drive GR Fairway woods. These will be geared towards average golfers with more forgiveness and larger faces. Standard shafts for the driver will include a new and improved Tourstage XD-S60 shaft or the Rombax 6X07! Driver will be availabe in 9.5 and 10.5 lofts and fairway woods in 15, 18, 21, asnd 24 lofts! Will be interesting to see once more details come out what the actually changes are between this X-Drive and the current 2007 line.

Plans have changed and my Roddio is now going into a PRGR 502 Silver... we'll have to wait for the driver to get here before I give you guys some feedback... (^_^)

I pulled my Crafting The One today to send for refinishing and was disappointed when I threw it on my digital scale to have it come in at 338g. I was hoping it was closer to 345-350g range. Anyone else ever check out the headweight of their Then One or The Balde? I thought they would all be closer to 350g...

There was an MG611 on ebay.... maybe I should stick to finding the PRGR 502 Silver...

I'm just curious about Honma Beres, anyone ever hit any of their drivers? Forgiving as they claim? Any feedback would be great. Thanks. T

Well welcome! And enjoy the madness and amazing gear from Japan~!!

It's definitely rare as heck. You have the only one in existance... G-Field/Gauge putters are absolutely fantastic... everyone should grab as many as they can... while they can.

That originally belonged to Tourspecgolfer (it was made for him) then Alpha Pro... (^_^)

Sounds like you had a good session. Golf is all about finding out how the different equipment one chooses becomes a part of their swing... I think you figured some of that out today with the Axiv! Keep it up! ^^

Tissues are not necessary, why..... ? Because the putter is already in my possession (which is why it's not available)!! It's very nicely made, from finish to shape to milling. The head is small but heavy. The weight might be throwing me off because the shaft is 35" and I usually use 33" or 34" at the longest. Rolls the ball well and is almost in between an anser and mini mallet with the depth from face to back. I like it. Some shots compared with a Premium Zone #2 for size....

Definitely ugly!!